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Where is Charles Bertroud?
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I have often wondered/assumed that they (Davey and Charles) were on here, but thinking about how much time they must spend playing and producing content, it seems entirely likely that they would not be.
I'm mostly on here when I'm bored at work. Playing is their work.
I'm mostly on here when I'm bored at work. Playing is their work.
Charles is the real deal. Davey is great to but as well all know he's become schticky and really took on the viral fame as a whole. Hell, I would've done the same so no knock to that. Charles has a little more seriousness but still a great sense of humor and definitely someone you can learn from. You can tell he is formally trained but not pretentious like a lot of the Berklee grads I see. My wife used to work there before the pandemic and I've seen every Berklee stereotype there is.
Of course my favorite viral player is Low end Lobster and he's here on Talkbass!
Of course my favorite viral player is Low end Lobster and he's here on Talkbass!
Don't be fooled by his wankery. He's the real deal. Wankery pays the bills, though.
He is a guy who's made a lifelong commitment to music and is making a living doing it. Sounds great to me. What is not to like about that? He also seems like a decent sort of human in general.
Its easy to judge
Happy for his chops and channel but the story is super demoralazing.
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Adam Neely is here too. At least, has been here.
What aspect of it is demoralizing? He set out to make a living playing bass. He's evidently doing that. Seems like a success story to me.
I see what you're saying. Since that wasn't the ultimate conclusion of the story I'll choose to view is as a triumph rather than anything demoralizing. Most stories of triumph come with a large amount of adversity and struggle.
I think the demoralizing part is how much luck plays into it. Which is demoralizing as you can’t quite make your own luck.
You are right, it just depends on your point of view. Again, super happy for the guy - I think I just keep digging into this past the happy ending
I’m a firm believer that luck is simply what occurs at the crossroads of preparation and opportunity. Much of what is perceived as luck is people being well-prepared and creating an opportunity for their preparation to be viewed by an audience that results in a positive outcome. It may appear to be luck by those outside of the circumstances, but for those involved it likely feels like anything but.
Yeah. People like to assure themselves with platitudes like that.
But as Katoosie said, Charles was ready to quit before someone recognized his talent. That’s not a given regardless of talent level in the music business.
It’s not a meritocracy. Which makes any platitudes about making your own luck a bit hollow.
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You can call it a platitude but when it pencils out in reality such that it matches the words it’s hard to discount it. Again, the perception to those outside of a seemingly lucky circumstance is often entirely different than those involved in it directly.
Don't forget his objective was to be a solo bass player.
As a bassist, with that talent and work ethics, I believe he would be swamped with work.
But solo bass playing is almost impossible. Glad he made it. Very glad.
As a bassist, with that talent and work ethics, I believe he would be swamped with work.
But solo bass playing is almost impossible. Glad he made it. Very glad.
It doesn’t though. In the music industry the most/best prepared folks do not always get recognized.
It also doesn’t apply in the corporate world.
I’m honestly not clear where your sentiment factually applies in reality, in a quantifiable consistent manner.
Even in fair contests with level playing fields, like athletic competiton, it doesn’t apply consistently. Hence it being a hollow platitude.
